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Rita Reys
Person · female · Kingdom of the Netherlands · Rotterdam · born 1924 · died 2013 · recording since 1957
Dutch jazz singer (1924-2013)
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Also known as Maria Everdina Reijs · リタ・レイズ
Timeline
1920s
1950s
· Debut release
Debut release: The Cool Voice of Rita Reys
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Biography
Biography
Rita Reys (born Maria Everdina Reijs; 21 December 1924 – 28 July 2013) was a jazz singer from the Netherlands. She was promoted as "Europe's First Lady of Jazz".
In the 1980s, Rita returned to the American Songbook, recording albums such as Memories of You with the Lex Jasper orchestra. She died in Breukelen, the Netherlands, on 28 July 2013.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 38 | 92.3th |
| Studio albums | 27 | 97.8th |
| Awards recorded | 3 | 95.4th |
| Timeline events | 30 | 96.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 56 | 95.5th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (38 release groups · 27 studio albums)
Albums · 27
1957 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 36:41
A1It's All Right With Me2:41A2Gone With the Wind2:38A3My Funny Valentine3:03A4But Not for Me2:13A5I Should Care2:42A6There Will Never Be Another You2:31B1I Cried for You3:33B2You'd Be So Nice to Come Home With Me3:40B3My One and Only Love4:18B4That Old Black Magic3:00B5Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year3:45B6Taking a Chance on Love2:371957 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks
A1Old Devil MoonA2Star EyesA3Song Is YouA4Keepin' Myself For YouA5Falling In Love With LoveA6Spring Can Really Hang You Up The MostB1He's My GuyB2(There Is) No Greater LoveB3No Greater LoveB4Please Be KindB5Where Are You?B6They Didn't Believe MeB7Only A Moment AgoThe Cool Voice of Rita Reys No. 2
1957 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1Old Devil MoonA2Star EyesA3The Song Is YouA4Keepin’ Myself for YouA5Falling in Love With LoveA6Spring Can Really Hang You Up the MostB1He’s My GuyB2There Is No Greater LoveB3Please Be KindB4Where Are You?B5They Didn’t Believe MeB6Only a Moment Ago1960 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 36:25
A1Summertime3:28A2Broadway3:08A3I've Got the World on a String3:25A4No Moon at All3:18A5How Deep Is the Ocean3:14A6Have You Met Miss Jones1:42B1Too Close for Comfort2:31B2Like Someone in Love2:53B3I'm Getting Sentimental Over You2:39B4Thou Swell3:00B5Willow Weep for Me4:46B6But Not for Me2:211963 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 32:40
A1Yes Sir, That’s My Baby2:19A2Solitude3:16A3Lazy River2:16A4Moonglow2:55A5Exactly Like You3:06A6After You’ve Gone3:13B1Goody‐Goody2:39B2Basin Street Blues2:59B3I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter2:31B4Mood Indigo2:58B5Melancholy Baby2:17B6Ain’t She Sweet2:111971 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 39:13
A1One Less Bell to Answer3:07A2Paper Mache3:30A3The Window of the World4:00A4Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head3:35A5A House Is Not a Home2:53A6There's Always Something There to Remind Me2:55B1Alfie3:30B2They Long to Be Close to You3:33B3I'll Never Fall in Love Again2:55B4Make It Easy on Yourself3:55B5Do You Know the Way to San Jose2:00B6This Girl's in Love With You3:20Rita Reys Sings Michel Legrand
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 36:20
A1Once Upon a Summertime3:55A2Ask Yourself Why3:05A3What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life3:40A4I Will Wait for You4:25A5The Hands of Time (Brian's Song)3:00B1Where Is the Love?2:35B2The Summer Knows4:55B3Watch What Happens2:30B4The Years of My Youth2:35B5The Windmills of Your Mind3:10B6Pieces of Dreams2:301972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 39:31
A1He’s My Guy2:20A2Please Be Kind4:07A3They Didn’t Believe Me3:13A4Falling in Love With Love2:32A5Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most3:56A6Only a Moment Ago3:04B1Star Eyes4:17B2There Is No Greater Love3:17B3The Song Is You3:11B4Where Are You?3:49B5Old Devil Moon2:37B6Keepin’ Myself for You3:081973 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 37:04
A1Moonlight in Vermont3:24A2My Funny Valentine3:00A3Lover Man3:52A4Two Sleepy People3:40A5The Nearness of You4:22B1When I Fall in Love5:00B2Here's That Rainy Day3:24B3In the Wee Small Hours2:52B4Where or When3:40B5Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most3:50Rita Reys Sings the George Gershwin Songbook
1975 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:45
A1Embraceable You2:55A2Love Walked In3:58A3Oh, Lady Be Good!4:32A4But Not for Me4:01A5The Man I Love2:32A6They Can't Take That Away From Me3:22B1Summertime4:12B2I Loves You Porgy4:12B3A Foggy Day4:00B4Someone to Watch Over Me3:32B5Love Is Here to Stay3:42B6Soon2:471979 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 47:33
A1Too Marvelous for Words4:11A2Fly Me to the Moon5:09A3Poor Butterfly4:21A4My Foolish Heart4:59A5Mr. Wonderful4:54B1That Old Feeling3:39B2Over the Rainbow4:37B3Remember4:14B4Everything Happens to Me4:16B5Isn't It Romantic3:23B6The Touch of Your Lips3:501980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 46:16
A1Alfie2:52A2What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life3:40A3Embraceable You2:55A4One Less Bell to Answer3:07A5The Windmills of Your Mind3:00A6The Man I Love2:32A7The Windows of the World4:00B1The Summer Knows4:36B2Oh, Lady Be Good4:32B3Make It Easy on Yourself3:55B4One Upon a Summertime3:55B5Loves Your Porgy4:12B6The Hand of Time (Brain's Song)3:001981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 42:45
A1How Intensitive4:27A2Dindi4:00A3So Danco Samba3:05A4Once I Loved5:09A5Quit Night of Quiet Stars4:14B1This Happy Madness5:05B2Triste3:26B3Song of the Sabia5:04B4Meditation4:42B5Once Again3:33Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 42:55
1Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas4:182Winter Wonderland2:593It’s Christmas Time4:004God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen2:385The Christmas Waltz5:436The Bell That Couldn’t Jingle2:137The Star Carol4:268Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!2:339The Christmas Song3:5010The First Noel3:1011Frosty the Snowman2:3212White Christmas4:331987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 39:27
A1People Will Say We're in Love3:07A2It Might as Well Be Spring4:50A3The Way You Look Tonight2:23A4Skylark3:02A5You're the Cream in My Coffee2:09A6Tea for Two3:42B1Smoke Gets in Your Eyes3:27B2When I Take My Sugar to Tea2:22B3You Brought Me Violets for My Furs3:30B4Dancin on the Ceiling3:18B5Autumn in New York4:02B6I Wished on the Moon3:351989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 34:03
1Desafinado3:422Bluesette2:303The Boy From Ipanema2:284My Funny Valentine2:025Shadow of Your Smile3:096Love for Sale2:097Zon in Scheveningen3:238Yesterday2:599Summertime3:4410Waltz for Debby3:1911Can’t Buy Me Love2:0912Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)2:291990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 30:06
1Satin Doll2:392The Very Thought of You4:223Wives and Lovers2:404Ill Wind4:015It Could Happen to You2:416The Second Time Around2:457Quiet Nights2:588Call Me Irresponsible2:449You Don't Know What Love Is3:3210If I Were a Bell1:441990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 58:35
1I Thought About You3:412That's All3:303I'm Old Fashioned4:054The Way You Look Tonight4:275Lover Man4:536Just in Time4:117Cheek to Cheek6:288My Romance4:349Just One of Those Things5:5710Skylark4:1811Just Friends3:1512So Many Stars5:0713Do I Love You4:09The American Songbook, Volume 1
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 30 tracks · 1:37:14
Disc 11What a Difference a Day Makes2:452Stars Fell on Alabama3:073September in the Rain2:294You Must Believe in Spring3:265Can't We Be Friends2:296Bubbles, Bangles and Beads2:487The Folks Who Lived on the Hill4:228They Say That Fallin' in Love Is Wonderful2:419Body and Soul3:3310Second Time Around3:0811I Concentrate on You4:5012Gone With the Wind3:4013Over the Rainbow3:3014There'll Never Be Another You2:1915Thanks for the Memory3:13Disc 21I've Got You Under My Skin4:142How Long Has This Been Going On3:083I Could Have Danced All Night2:304In the Wee Small Hours3:035Like Someone in Love2:226Waltz for Debbie3:257The Man I Love3:218You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To2:159Moonlight in Vermont2:5110Satin Doll3:2811Dindi3:4512I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You3:3213These Foolish Things4:0714Old Devil Moon2:5615Soon It's Gonna Rain3:57The American Songbook, Volume 2
1992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 30 tracks · 1:43:16
Disc 11Stompin’ at the Savoy2:222It’s a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening4:383Easy to Love2:474Sing a Rainbow2:485It Could Happen to You3:146I’ll Remember April5:267I’ve Grown Accustomed to His Face2:498The Song Is You3:039You Go to My Head4:1210Star Eyes3:0211Too Close for Comfort2:1512If I Should Loose You3:5813That Old Feeling3:1714The Things We Did Last Summer4:2415How Deep Is the Ocean3:32Disc 21Teach Me Tonight3:452The Days of Wine and Roses3:413I Won’t Dance2:434Try a Little Tenderness4:175All the Things You Are2:536What’ll I Do2:497Georgia on My Mind4:178Come Dance With Me2:239Speak Low4:2910My Foolish Heart4:1111The Touch of Your Lips2:5612Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year2:3613Willow Weep for Me3:5614He’s My Guy2:1915God Bless the Child4:141992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 58:31
1Tenderly3:282It's Only a Paper Moon2:483He's Funny That Way4:524They Can't Take That Away From Me3:035Mona Lisa3:236You Took Adventage of Me4:417Moon River3:308Where or When3:219I'll Be Seeing You3:3710Thou Swell2:5711Autumn Leaves3:2312My Ship5:1813Lonesome Road3:3214Our Love Is Here to Stay3:1015I Could Write a Book3:2416Two Sleepy People4:041994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 53:14
1That Old Feeling3:392Over the Rainbow4:373My Funny Valentine3:004Moonlight in Vermont3:245Everything Happens to Me4:166Two Sleepy People3:407Here’s That Rainy Day3:248Too Marvelous for Words4:119Fly Me to the Moon5:0910Where or When3:4011Poor Butterfly4:2112My Foolish Heart4:5913Mr. Wonderful4:542003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 39:18
1Avalon1:572Prelude to a Kiss4:053Don't Get Around Much Anymore3:074Three Little Words2:455I'm Glad There Is You4:426I Didn't Know What Time It Was2:347Stardust4:278Love for Sale3:279Lullaby of the Leaves2:1010I Fall in Love Too Easily4:3311Cabin in the Sky2:3012After You've Gone3:01Beautiful Love - A Tribute to Pim Jacobs
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 51:22
1I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket2:572Under a Blanket of Blue3:323Smile3:344Devil May Care3:375When Sunny Gets Blue4:286Hey There3:517Beautiful Love4:068Don't Explain5:159I Hear Music2:5110But Beautiful4:1311Alone Together4:1012I Get Along Without You Very Well2:3613You're My Everything2:3514What Is There to Say3:372010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 45:09
1You Leave Me Breathless3:072Young at Heart3:203You Hit the Spot3:254Stairway to the Stars4:315Love Me or Leave Me4:056It's You or No One3:337Body and Soul4:198Dearly Beloved2:519Dream a Little Dream of Me3:5310I Remember You3:5111The Very Thought of You3:5312Detour Ahead4:21— · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:07:21
1My Funny Valentine3:052There'll Never Be Another You2:323Taking a Change on Love2:374My One and Only Love4:175You'd Be So Nice to Come Home3:396Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most4:007Avalon1:578Venus Bespied3:139Too Close for Comfort2:2910I Remember Clifford3:0111Cherokee3:3612Fly Me to the Moon2:3413Basinb Street Blues3:0014Bluesette2:3215The Boy From Ipanema2:3216It Could Happen to You2:4117Sunny2:5918Come to Scheveningen2:3319On a Clear Day You Can See Forever2:5520Lazy Kitten3:0721The Shadow of Your Smile4:2022Moon Glow3:42— · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks
A1SummertimeA2BroadwayA3I’ve Got the World on a StringA4No Moon at AllA5How Deep Is the OceanA6Have You Met Miss JonesB1Too Close for ComfortB2Like Someone in LoveB3I’m Getting Sentimental Over YouB4Thou SwellB5Willow Weep for MeB6But Not for Me
Single · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Can’t Buy Me Love / All My Lovin’ (Close Your Eyes)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksACan’t Buy Me Love BAll My Lovin’ (Close Your Eyes) | 1964 | ||
| 1964 | Zon in Scheveningen / Venus bespiedSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAZon in Scheveningen BVenus bespied | 1964 |
Album · 9
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | The Best of Rita ReysSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 33:27A1Desafinado3:42 A2Bluesette2:28 A3The Boy From Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema)2:28 A4My Funny Valentine2:00 A5The Shadow of Your Smile3:09 A6Love for Sale2:05 B1Zon in Scheveningen3:20 B2Yesterday3:00 B3Summertime3:23 B4Waltz for Debby3:15 B5Can’t Buy Me Love2:05 B6Fly Me to the Moon2:32 | Compilation | November 1973 | |
| 1986 | Live at the ConcertgebouwSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 51:511Thou Swell2:30 2Watch What Happens3:11 3Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone1:58 4My Funny Valentine3:07 5It’s All Right With Me2:08 6Fats Waller Medley: Ain’t Misbehaving / Honeysuckle Rose6:13 7Alice in Wonderland6:02 8Duke Ellington Medley: Take the a Train / Come Sunday / Prelude to a Kiss / Things Ain’t What They Used to Be11:37 9Poor Butterfly3:07 10Deed I Do3:12 11Misty4:46 12I Cried for You4:00 | Live | 1986 | |
| 1995 | The Ballad AlbumSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 18 tracks · 1:05:551There Is No Greater Love3:20 2You Go to My Head4:51 3Soon It's Gonna Rain4:01 4I Should Care2:41 5My Funny Valentine2:05 6It's Mine After All3:04 7I'm Glad There Is You4:43 8You Don't Know What Love Is3:32 9Like Someone in Love2:50 10My One and Only Love4:16 11Willow Weep for Me4:44 12What's New3:13 13Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year4:00 14Prelude to a Kiss4:06 15When I Look in Your Eyes2:37 16Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most3:58 17Star Eyes4:19 18Easy Living3:35 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1995 | First Lady of JazzSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 47 tracks · 2:24:52Disc 1 1'Deed I Do3:07 2Exactly Like You2:32 3My Funny Valentine3:03 4There'll Never Be Another You2:31 5I Should Care2:41 6It's Alright With Me2:37 7Gone With the Wind2:37 8Taking a Chance on Love2:36 9That Old Black Magic2:59 10You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To3:37 11I Cried for You3:32 12My One and Only Love4:16 13Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year3:43 14The Song Is You3:14 15Old Devil Moon2:40 16He's My Guy2:24 17Where Are You3:48 18All of You2:31 19When the Blues Come On4:01 20I Didn't Know What Time It Was2:33 21Avalon1:57 22Love for Sale3:28 23Zon in Scheveningen3:27 24Venus Bespied3:11 Disc 21No Moon at All3:14 2How Deep Is the Ocean3:12 3Willow Weep for Me4:45 4But Not for Me2:22 5Thou Swell3:24 6I Get a Kick Out of You3:34 7I Remember Clifford3:01 8Speak Low4:01 9Get Out of Town2:12 10Sophisticated Lady3:38 11The Way You Look Tonight1:45 12Solitude3:14 13Moonglow2:54 14Bluesette2:32 15Summertime3:45 16Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most3:12 17Waltz for Debby3:22 18Wives and Lovers2:37 19You Don't Know What Love Is3:30 20If I Were a Bell1:47 21A Day in the Life of a Fool4:07 22More Than You Know3:22 23You'd Better Love Me2:17 | Compilation | 1995 | |
| 1999 | AnthologySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 22 tracks · 1:07:221My Funny Valentine3:05 2There’ll Never Be Another You2:32 3Taking a Change on Love2:37 4My One and Only Love4:17 5You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To3:39 6Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most4:00 7Avalon1:57 8Venus bespied3:13 9Too Close for Comfort2:29 10I Remember Clifford3:01 11Cherokee3:36 12Fly Me to the Moon2:34 13Basin Street Blues3:00 14Bluesette2:32 15The Boy From Ipanema2:32 16It Could Happen to You2:41 17Sunny2:59 18Come to Scheveningen2:33 19On a Clear Day You Can See Forever2:55 20Lazy Kitten3:07 21The Shadow of Your Smile4:20 22Moon Glow3:43 | Compilation | 1999 | |
| 2001 | At the Golden Circle Club, StockholmSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 32:361Get Out of Town2:17 2Stella by Starlight2:33 3I Love You2:56 4You Go to My Head4:49 5You Stepped Out of a Dream2:32 6Stompin’ at the Savoy2:31 7Easy Living3:24 8Easy to Love2:38 9Sophisticated Lady3:39 10Don’t Get Around Much Anymore3:32 11The Way You Look Tonight1:45 | Live | 2001 | |
| 2004 | Live in ConcertSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 52:181I Love You2:18 2I'm Old Fashioned5:06 3The Shadow of Your Smile5:11 4Love for Sale6:44 5Watch What Happens4:55 6In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning3:58 7The Song Is You4:44 8I Thought About You4:36 9Detour Ahead5:30 10On Green Dolphin Street4:36 11Fly Me to the Moon4:40 | Live | 1 March 2004 | |
| 2005 | I Got Rhythm: Rare and Unissued Recordings 1949-1964Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks · 1:15:481I Got Rhythm3:10 2Come Rain or Come Shine2:43 3Love for Sale4:23 4The Nearness of You4:49 5Lullaby in Rhythm2:59 6She's Funny That Way3:01 7'Deed I Do3:04 8Over the Rainbow2:45 9Exactly Like You2:29 10There's a Small Hotel2:32 11You Stepped Out of a Dream2:47 12It's Mine After All3:03 13All of You2:30 14When the Blues Comes On4:02 15Thou Swell3:17 16Get Out of Town2:08 17Willow Weep for Me3:43 18Fly Me to the Moon3:05 19Sophisticated Lady3:36 20'A' You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)3:43 21Mean to Me3:22 22Unknown Title (Bebop vocal)3:03 23Charge Account3:40 24I Never Knew1:54 | Compilation | 2005 | |
| 2017 | The Real... Rita Reys: The Ultimate CollectionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 56 tracksDisc 1 1Summertime 2Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head 3The Windmills of Your Mind 4They Can’t Take That Away From Me 5One Less Bell to Answer 6In the Wee Small Hours 7Do You Know the Way to San Jose 8Once Upon a Summertime 9(They Long to Be) Close to You 10The Hands of Time (Brian’s Song) 11Fly Me to the Moon 12I’ll Never Fall in Love Again 13I Will Wait for You 14Moonlight in Vermont 15Ask Yourself Why 16Isn’t It Romantic 17Make It Easy on Yourself 18Pieces of Dreams 19The Windows of the World Disc 21My Funny Valentine 2But Not for Me 3When I Fall in Love 4A House Is Not a Home 5Watch What Happens 6Over the Rainbow 7The Years of My Youth 8The Nearness of You 9Oh, Lady Be Good! 10Where or When 11The Summer Knows 12Lover Man 13Embraceable You 14My Foolish Heart 15Here’s That Rainy Day 16Love Walked In 17Two Sleepy People 18Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most 19The Man I Love Disc 31Alfie 2That Old Feeling 3Where Is the Love 4I Loves You Porgy 5Everything Happens to Me 6Someone to Watch Over Me 7There’s Always Something There to Remind Me 8Too Marvellous for Words 9A Foggy Day 10This Girl Is in Love With You 11Mr. Wonderful 12What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life 13Remember 14Love Is Here to Stay 15Poor Butterfly 16Paper Mache 17The Touch of Your Lips 18Soon | Compilation | 2017 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Rita Reys head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 38 | 92.3th |
| Studio albums | 27 | 97.8th |
| Awards recorded | 3 | 95.4th |
| Timeline events | 30 | 96.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 56 | 95.5th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau | won | |
| 2011 | Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | won | |
| — | Paul Acket Award | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romance in Jazz(band) | — | present |
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/40c112f9-f256-4078-8da5-905260c4d83acore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275258seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Reysbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Reys
Why this artist is in the database
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Image: Pr.ritareys · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q275258 · MusicBrainz: 40c112f9-f256-4078-8da5-905260c4d83a
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